Quotes by : Joe Abercrombie

Sometimes, when someone lives in danger for too long, the only time they feel alive is when death's breathing....

Enough pain makes a coward of anyone.

Strange, isn't it,' mused Glokta as he watched him struggle for air. 'Big men, small men, thin men, fat....

it was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion

You have to be grateful for the small things, when any minute might be your last.

It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.

Men are brittle, I reckon. They don't bend into new shapes. They get broken into them. Crushed into them.....

The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.

Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey,....

So the fox killed his brother, the wolf. (Mother Scaer)